The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-28
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN
MEETING OF GEORGIA'S SUNDAY
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
The Convention the Fourteenth in Its
History-R. B. Reppard Unaninous
Reelected President -- Interesting
Statistics of the Sunday School At
tendance-List of the Committees APP
pointed.
AMERICUs, GA, April 27.-The fourteenth
annual convention of the Georgia Sunday
School Association convened here this morn
ing. The delegates began TO arrive yester
Jay. The convention met for organization
at the Methodist church at 10 o'clock this
morning R. b. Reppard, President of the
association, presided.
The invocation service was conducted by
j. c. Courtnay, of Atlanta. After Jack
sons "Te Deum" had been sung by the
united choirs of the city, Mr., Courtnay read
comments on Psalm cxlviii, Deuteronomy
vi, Romans xii.
The convention was called to order by the
President, who introduced Rev A. NJ. Will
liams, pastor of the Americas Methodist
church. who welcomed the delegates in an
address expressing the sympathy and good
will of the citizens in welcoming a body of
iaymen who had come together from all de-
nominations to do noble Christian work.
They had come from the farm, shop, Office
and bank, laying aside false notions of
differences, to plan the best methods for
carrying on the work i'll which all could
unite God called, not only Paul but Pris-
ella. Mr.. Williams spoke of the various
bOoms that had at various times swept over
the country, each leaving its impression ON
the city. Americas needed another boom
a religious boom. He expected her to get it
from the convention.
MR.. REPPARDS RESPONSE.
Mr.. r. B. Reppard responded to the well
come in behalf of the delegates He made
short address and in well chosen words as
sured Rev. Williams and the people of
Americas of the gratitude the delegates felt
for their reception and entertainment, and
promised that if the convention could give
the needed boom Americas should have it.
A committee composed of M. Galloway of
Sumter, Thomas Moore of Fulton, and J. l..
Fulcher of Burke county, was elected to
choose the nominating committee.
While the committee was out Mr.. Court
nay nominated Assistant Secretary W. l..
Glessner of Americas, as Recorder, and as
Railroad Secretary Lott Warren, of Amer
icus.
The Committee on Credentials appointed
by the President were w NJ Sessions, of
Cobb county, T. w Dinmock, of Carroll,
and G. I. West, of Baker.
Mr.. Reppard then read his report as
The report IL the Executive Committee
was called for, but the chairman had not
arrived and itwas not given.
INTERESTING STATISTICS
j. c. Courtnay, Secretary of the State
Association, read an interesting report,
most of which was tabulated statistics show
ing the Sunday school strength of the diff
ferent denominations, white and colored
He stated hat while the association did no
work among the negroes he always gathered
statistics fom them matter Of interest
and comparison. 1t was impossible to get
exact figures from any denomination except
the Methodist. All the others were care
fully made estimates which nearly approx
mated what the exact figures would be.
From this report we gather the following
number. of schools III the State: 3,0l4
white; LOTT colored; officers and
teachers, 22,971 white; 1926 colored !;
scholars, 186,035 white: 97,379 colored.
Comparing the number of Sunday school
scholars with the number enrolled in
the public schools, the school population is
sos, 723. The actual number enrolled in the
public schools is 800, 594 and in the Sunday
schools 314,3l1.
While large proportion of the citizens of
the State belonged to some religious organi-
cation the number in the Sunday schools
was disproportionately small.
THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
The following were named as the nominat-
ing committee: #. w. Fleming, j. w. Sim
mons, George T. Seig, Thomas J. Airline
w. d. Carswell, j. l.. Biggars, r. d. Clan
eey, r. T. Bethune, F. II. Traylor, A. 0.
Bullock, G. Q. Livingston, j. e. Kimball,
T., S. Roberts, W. L. Sessions, L. l.. Bishop,
r. Bafford w. S. Branch
The afternoon session opened at o'clock
with devotional exercises. j. w. Stanford,
of Cuthbert, of the Credentials Committee,
reported the following counties represented:
Appling, Baker, Baldwin, Bib5. Burke, Cal
houn. Clayton, Carol Cobb, Coffee, Chat
ham, Dougherty, DeKalb Douglass Fayette,
Fulton Gllmer, Glasscock, Harris, Monroe,
Muscogee, Newton, Quitman, Randolph,
Richmond, Schley, Stewart Sumter, Tay
Tor, Terrell, Epson and Worth.
The Resolutions Committee appointed con-
sists of c. II. Crawford, of Baldwin; G.. Q.
Livingston, Of Newton; j. w. Stanford, of
Randolph
PRESIDENT REPPARD REFLECTED.
The nominating committee placed in
nomination the name of r.. B. Reppard for
president of the association for next year
His election was made unanimous by IL
rising vote.
The chair called for reports from the SUI
perintendents and secretaries of districts,
which were given verbally and written.
These Were followed by reports from
tie county organizations. The re-
ports were interesting and showed
the Sunday school work growing
rapidly. The people are awakening To its
importance. The convention adjourned to
meet tonight at s o'clock
The night session opened with a short
Bible reading by c. II. Williams, of Thorn
asville. The rest of the evening was taken
up with discussion of the religious training
of children among the jews conducted by
Rev Julius McCirath of Oxford. Mr.. Nc
Grath is the well known converted Hebrew
and is now a jealous Christian. This was the
most interesting topic on the programme.
The convention adjourned 10 assemble at .
o'clock Thursday morning
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